But telling people this doesn't sell books.
If anything, maybe it will inspire someone else to get started on their own enterprise. By only advertising in select places, you control the price forever, as he says. Bear in mind - you're doing all this because your company is willing to turn a deaf ear to your lack of results. The book's come-on explains how Mr Ferriss has accomplished all kinds of world-class things to boost his credibility. Unfortunately, you'll find that it isn't always classy how Mr Ferriss does this. The bulk of this book is focused on how Timothy Ferris made it happen and so can you! He basically says that by focusing on what's important to him, he has everything he wants, does what he wants, when he wants.
Well I don't even want to work 8 hours a day. It's not that I'm lazy, I just have other things to do, and if you enhance your productivity there really is no genuine reason to work that many hours a day. Many 1-star reviewers accused the 5-star reviewers of being "plants."
Bottom line - buy this book if you are new to his work. Former fans of the four hour work week should save their money as they will find little/nothing new. This time commitment, too, it glossed over as he concentrates more on what you will be able to do when enough of your product sells to give you money to live and you outsource your daily time killers (email, phone, appointments, etc). There were also some flashes of motivation to live the life you want to live instead of the one you are expected to, but I came around to that different way of thinking long before Ferriss introduced it to me (thanks, Dave Ramsey). Ferriss is in favor of eliminating anything from your life that robs you of your most precious asset: your time. He feels the way to accomplish this is by seeking out opportunities that offer substantial rewards for the least effort and he believes with complete sincerity that there are ways that everyone can work less and make more. It's all good advice, nothing too fancy, or new, just plain old, "don't waste your time" advice.
I liked his emphasis on thinking about what you are doing and dropping the things that aren't important. That may sound obvious, but many people confuse busyness with productivity.
Don't be one of those people, don't buy this book. I actually had fun reading this book, to be honest.
Granted he may be saying not all can quit or want to quit their jobs and offering ideas on how to be more productive. He uses quotes from a lot of famous hardworking successful people to justify his points. What do you do while you are hiding from the boss" Mr Ferriss recommends starting a highly profitable online retail business that's so highly automated it can be operated in only four hours a week.
If anything, maybe it will inspire someone else to get started on their own enterprise. By only advertising in select places, you control the price forever, as he says. Bear in mind - you're doing all this because your company is willing to turn a deaf ear to your lack of results. The book's come-on explains how Mr Ferriss has accomplished all kinds of world-class things to boost his credibility. Unfortunately, you'll find that it isn't always classy how Mr Ferriss does this. The bulk of this book is focused on how Timothy Ferris made it happen and so can you! He basically says that by focusing on what's important to him, he has everything he wants, does what he wants, when he wants.
Well I don't even want to work 8 hours a day. It's not that I'm lazy, I just have other things to do, and if you enhance your productivity there really is no genuine reason to work that many hours a day. Many 1-star reviewers accused the 5-star reviewers of being "plants."
Bottom line - buy this book if you are new to his work. Former fans of the four hour work week should save their money as they will find little/nothing new. This time commitment, too, it glossed over as he concentrates more on what you will be able to do when enough of your product sells to give you money to live and you outsource your daily time killers (email, phone, appointments, etc). There were also some flashes of motivation to live the life you want to live instead of the one you are expected to, but I came around to that different way of thinking long before Ferriss introduced it to me (thanks, Dave Ramsey). Ferriss is in favor of eliminating anything from your life that robs you of your most precious asset: your time. He feels the way to accomplish this is by seeking out opportunities that offer substantial rewards for the least effort and he believes with complete sincerity that there are ways that everyone can work less and make more. It's all good advice, nothing too fancy, or new, just plain old, "don't waste your time" advice.
I liked his emphasis on thinking about what you are doing and dropping the things that aren't important. That may sound obvious, but many people confuse busyness with productivity.
Don't be one of those people, don't buy this book. I actually had fun reading this book, to be honest.
Granted he may be saying not all can quit or want to quit their jobs and offering ideas on how to be more productive. He uses quotes from a lot of famous hardworking successful people to justify his points. What do you do while you are hiding from the boss" Mr Ferriss recommends starting a highly profitable online retail business that's so highly automated it can be operated in only four hours a week.
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Every single one of them is valuable in their own right and reading those books probably made this book far less "out there" to me. tom anderson guitars.
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